Total Crime Rate
3.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Holmefield Road area has the lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Ashton , and the lowest crime rate of 272 local areas in Fylde .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Holmefield Road (FY8 1YF) in the last 12 months was 3.2 per 1,000 residents and was 98.0% lower than the Ashton average (157.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Possession of weapons with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ).
In the area around Holmefield Road (FY8 1YF), the main crime hotspot is near Goyt Street. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ashton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Goyt Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Donnington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarendon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Holmefield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Goyt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goyt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Goyt Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wyre Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Donnington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hove Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlton Road | Under investigation |
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